In the Senate of the United States, 

September 7, 2017. 

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 601) entitled ‘‘An Act to enhance the transparency and accelerate the impact of assistance provided 

under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to promote quality 

basic education in developing countries, to better enable such 

countries to achieve universal access to quality basic education and improved learning outcomes, to eliminate duplication and waste, and for other purposes.’’, do pass with the 

following 

SENATE AMENDMENT TO HOUSE AMENDMENT TO 

SENATE AMENDMENT: 

In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert 

the following: 

1 ‘‘(C) there is the greatest opportunity to re2 duce childhood and adolescence exposure to or 

3 engagement in violent extremism or extremist 

4 ideologies.’’. 
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1 DIVISION B—SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIA2 TIONS FOR DISASTER RELIEF RE3 QUIREMENTS 

4 The following sums are hereby appropriated, out of 

5 any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 

6 and out of applicable corporate or other revenues, receipts, 

7 and funds, for the several departments, agencies, corpora8 tions, and other organizational units of Government for fis9 cal year 2017, and for other purposes, namely: 

10 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 

11 FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

12 DISASTER RELIEF FUND

13 For an additional amount for ‘‘Disaster Relief Fund’’ 

14 for major disasters declared pursuant to the Robert T. Staf15 ford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 

16 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $7,400,000,000, to remain available 

17 until expended: Provided further, That such amount is des18 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency require19 ment pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced 

20 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Pro21 vided further, That the amount designated under this head22 ing as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

23 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

24 Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available only if the 
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1 President subsequently so designates such amount and 

2 transmits such designation to the Congress. 

3 SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

4 DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For an additional amount for the ‘‘Disaster Loans 

7 Program Account’’ for the cost of direct loans authorized 

8 by section 7(b) of the Small Business Act, $450,000,000, 

9 to remain available until expended: Provided, That up to 

10 $225,000,000 may be transferred to and merged with ‘‘Sala11 ries and Expenses’’ for administrative expenses to carry out 

12 the disaster loan program authorized by section 7(b) of the 

13 Small Business Act: Provided further, That none of the 

14 funds provided under this heading may be used for indirect 

15 administrative expenses: Provided further, That the amount 

16 provided under this heading is designated as an emergency 

17 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal18 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: 

19 Provided further, That the amount designated under this 

20 heading as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

21 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

22 Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available only if the 

23 President subsequently so designates such amount and 

24 transmits such designation to the Congress. 
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1 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 

2 DEVELOPMENT 

3 COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

4 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Community Develop7 ment Fund’’, $7,400,000,000, to remain available until ex8 pended, for necessary expenses for activities authorized 

9 under title I of the Housing and Community Development 

10 Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) related to disaster re11 lief, long-term recovery, restoration of infrastructure and 

12 housing, and economic revitalization in the most impacted 

13 and distressed areas resulting from a major disaster de14 clared in 2017 pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 

15 Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et 

16 seq.): Provided, That funds shall be awarded directly to the 

17 State or unit of general local government at the discretion 

18 of the Secretary: Provided further, That as a condition of 

19 making any grant, the Secretary shall certify in advance 

20 that such grantee has in place proficient financial controls 

21 and procurement processes and has established adequate 

22 procedures to prevent any duplication of benefits as defined 

23 by section 312 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 

24 Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5155), to ensure time25 ly expenditure of funds, to maintain comprehensive websites 
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1 regarding all disaster recovery activities assisted with these 

2 funds, and to detect and prevent waste, fraud, and abuse 

3 of funds: Provided further, That prior to the obligation of 

4 funds a grantee shall submit a plan to the Secretary for 

5 approval detailing the proposed use of all funds, including 

6 criteria for eligibility and how the use of these funds will 

7 address long-term recovery and restoration of infrastructure 

8 and housing and economic revitalization in the most im9 pacted and distressed areas: Provided further, That such 

10 funds may not be used for activities reimbursable by, or 

11 for which funds are made available by, the Federal Emer12 gency Management Agency or the Army Corps of Engineers: 

13 Provided further, That funds allocated under this heading 

14 shall not be considered relevant to the non-disaster formula 

15 allocations made pursuant to section 106 of the Housing 

16 and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 

17 5306): Provided further, That a State or subdivision thereof 

18 may use up to 5 percent of its allocation for administrative 

19 costs: Provided further, That in administering the funds 

20 under this heading, the Secretary of Housing and Urban 

21 Development may waive, or specify alternative require22 ments for, any provision of any statute or regulation that 

23 the Secretary administers in connection with the obligation 

24 by the Secretary or the use by the recipient of these funds 

25 (except for requirements related to fair housing, non-
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1 discrimination, labor standards, and the environment), if 

2 the Secretary finds that good cause exists for the waiver 

3 or alternative requirement and such waiver or alternative 

4 requirement would not be inconsistent with the overall pur5 pose of title I of the Housing and Community Development 

6 Act of 1974: Provided further, That, notwithstanding the 

7 preceding proviso, recipients of funds provided under this 

8 heading that use such funds to supplement Federal assist9 ance provided under section 402, 403, 404, 406, 407, or 502 

10 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 

11 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) may adopt, without 

12 review or public comment, any environmental review, ap13 proval, or permit performed by a Federal agency, and such 

14 adoption shall satisfy the responsibilities of the recipient 

15 with respect to such environmental review, approval or per16 mit: Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 

17 104(g)(2) of the Housing and Community Development Act 

18 of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5304(g)(2)), the Secretary may, upon 

19 receipt of a request for release of funds and certification, 

20 immediately approve the release of funds for an activity 

21 or project assisted under this heading if the recipient has 

22 adopted an environmental review, approval or permit 

23 under the preceding proviso or the activity or project is cat24 egorically excluded from review under the National Envi25 ronmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.): Pro-
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1 vided further, That the Secretary shall publish via notice 

2 in the Federal Register any waiver, or alternative require3 ment, to any statute or regulation that the Secretary ad4 ministers pursuant to title I of the Housing and Commu5 nity Development Act of 1974 no later than 5 days before 

6 the effective date of such waiver or alternative requirement: 

7 Provided further, That of the amounts made available 

8 under this heading, up to $10,000,000 may be transferred, 

9 in aggregate, to ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Devel10 opment—Program Office Salaries and Expenses—Commu11 nity Planning and Development’’ for necessary costs, in12 cluding information technology costs, of administering and 

13 overseeing the obligation and expenditure of amounts under 

14 this heading: Provided further, That such amount is des15 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency require16 ment pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced 

17 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Pro18 vided further, That the amount designated under this head19 ing as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

20 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

21 Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available only if the 

22 President subsequently so designates such amount and 

23 transmits such designation to the Congress. 

24 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Supplemental Ap25 propriations for Disaster Relief Requirements, 2017’’. 
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1 DIVISION C—TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF 

2 PUBLIC DEBT LIMIT 

3 SEC. 101. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3101(b) of title 

4 31, United States Code, shall not apply for the period begin5 ning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on 

6 December 8, 2017. 

7 (b) SPECIAL RULE RELATING TO OBLIGATIONS

8 ISSUED DURING EXTENSION PERIOD.—Effective on Decem9 ber 9, 2017, the limitation in effect under section 3101(b) 

10 of title 31, United States Code, shall be increased to the 

11 extent that— 

12 (1) the face amount of obligations issued under 

13 chapter 31 of such title and the face amount of obliga14 tions whose principal and interest are guaranteed by 

15 the United States Government (except guaranteed ob16 ligations held by the Secretary of the Treasury) out17 standing on December 9, 2017, exceeds 

18 (2) the face amount of such obligations out19 standing on the date of the enactment of this Act. 

20 (c) RESTORING CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORITY OVER

21 THE NATIONAL DEBT.— 

22 (1) EXTENSION LIMITED TO NECESSARY OBLIGA23 TIONS.—An obligation shall not be taken into account 

24 under section 101(a) unless the issuance of such obli25 gation was necessary to fund a commitment incurred 
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1 pursuant to law by the Federal Government that re2 quired payment before December 9, 2017. 

3 (2) PROHIBITION ON CREATION OF CASH RE4 SERVE DURING EXTENSION PERIOD.—The Secretary 

5 of the Treasury shall not issue obligations during the 

6 period specified in section 101(a) for the purpose of 

7 increasing the cash balance above normal operating 

8 balances in anticipation of the expiration of such pe9 riod. 
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1 DIVISION D—CONTINUING 

2 APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2018 

3 The following sums are hereby appropriated, out of 

4 any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 

5 and out of applicable corporate or other revenues, receipts, 

6 and funds, for the several departments, agencies, corpora7 tions, and other organizational units of Government for fis8 cal year 2018, and for other purposes, namely: 

9 SEC. 101. (a) Such amounts as may be necessary, at 

10 a rate for operations as provided in the applicable appro11 priations Acts for fiscal year 2017 and under the authority 

12 and conditions provided in such Acts, for continuing 

13 projects or activities (including the costs of direct loans and 

14 loan guarantees) that are not otherwise specifically pro15 vided for in this Act, that were conducted in fiscal year 

16 2017, and for which appropriations, funds, or other author17 ity were made available in the following appropriations 

18 Acts: 

19 (1) The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 

20 and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Ap21 propriations Act, 2017 (division A of Public Law 

22 115–31) and section 193 of Public Law 114–223, as 

23 amended by division A of Public Law 114–254. 
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1 (2) The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 

2 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 (division B of 

3 Public Law 115–31), except section 540. 

4 (3) The Department of Defense Appropriations 

5 Act, 2017 (division C of Public Law 115–31). 

6 (4) The Energy and Water Development and Re7 lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 (division D 

8 of Public Law 115–31). 

9 (5) The Financial Services and General Govern10 ment Appropriations Act, 2017 (division E of Public 

11 Law 115–31). 

12 (6) The Department of Homeland Security Ap13 propriations Act, 2017 (division F of Public Law 

14 115–31), except section 310. 

15 (7) The Department of the Interior, Environ16 ment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 

17 (division G of Public Law 115–31), except that the 

18 language under the heading ‘‘FLAME Wildfire Sup19 pression Reserve Fund’’ in the Departments of Agri20 culture and the Interior shall be applied by adding at 

21 the end the following: ‘‘Provided further, That not22 withstanding the first proviso under the heading and 

23 notwithstanding the FLAME Act of 2009, 43 U.S.C. 

24 1748a(e), such funds shall be available to be trans25 ferred to and merged with other appropriations ac-
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1 counts to fully repay amounts previously transferred 

2 for wildfire suppression’’. 

3 (8) The Departments of Labor, Health and 

4 Human Services, and Education, and Related Agen5 cies Appropriations Act, 2017 (division H of Public 

6 Law 115–31) and sections 171, 194, and 195 of Pub7 lic Law 114–223, as amended by division A of Public 

8 Law 114–254. 

9 (9) The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 

10 2017 (division I of Public Law 115–31) and section 

11 175 of Public Law 114–223, as amended by division 

12 A of Public Law 114–254. 

13 (10) The Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, 

14 and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 (divi15 sion A of Public Law 114–223), except for appropria16 tions for fiscal year 2017 in the matter preceding the 

17 first proviso under the heading ‘‘Medical Community 

18 Care’’, and division L of Public Law 115–31. 

19 (11) The Department of State, Foreign Oper20 ations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 

21 2017 (division J of Public Law 115–31). 

22 (12) The Transportation, Housing and Urban 

23 Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations 

24 Act, 2017 (division K of Public Law 115–31), except 

25 sections 420 and 421. 
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1 (13) The Security Assistance Appropriations 

2 Act, 2017 (division B of Public Law 114–254). 

3 (b) The rate for operations provided by subsection (a) 

4 is hereby reduced by 0.6791 percent. 

5 SEC. 102. (a) No appropriation or funds made avail6 able or authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the 

7 Department of Defense shall be used for: (1) the new produc8 tion of items not funded for production in fiscal year 2017 

9 or prior years; (2) the increase in production rates above 

10 those sustained with fiscal year 2017 funds; or (3) the initi11 ation, resumption, or continuation of any project, activity, 

12 operation, or organization (defined as any project, sub13 project, activity, budget activity, program element, and sub14 program within a program element, and for any investment 

15 items defined as a P–1 line item in a budget activity within 

16 an appropriation account and an R–1 line item that in17 cludes a program element and subprogram element within 

18 an appropriation account) for which appropriations, funds, 

19 or other authority were not available during fiscal year 

20 2017. 

21 (b) No appropriation or funds made available or au22 thority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department 

23 of Defense shall be used to initiate multi-year procurements 

24 utilizing advance procurement funding for economic order 
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1 quantity procurement unless specifically appropriated 

2 later. 

3 SEC. 103. Appropriations made by section 101 shall 

4 be available to the extent and in the manner that would 

5 be provided by the pertinent appropriations Act. 

6 SEC. 104. Except as otherwise provided in section 102, 

7 no appropriation or funds made available or authority 

8 granted pursuant to section 101 shall be used to initiate 

9 or resume any project or activity for which appropriations, 

10 funds, or other authority were not available during fiscal 

11 year 2017. 

12 SEC. 105. Appropriations made and authority granted 

13 pursuant to this Act shall cover all obligations or expendi14 tures incurred for any project or activity during the period 

15 for which funds or authority for such project or activity 

16 are available under this Act. 

17 SEC. 106. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act 

18 or in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2018, 

19 appropriations and funds made available and authority 

20 granted pursuant to this Act shall be available until which21 ever of the following first occurs: 

22 (1) the enactment into law of an appropriation 

23 for any project or activity provided for in this Act; 
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1 (2) the enactment into law of the applicable ap2 propriations Act for fiscal year 2018 without any 

3 provision for such project or activity; or 

4 (3) December 8, 2017. 

5 SEC. 107. Expenditures made pursuant to this Act 

6 shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or 

7 authorization whenever a bill in which such applicable ap8 propriation, fund, or authorization is contained is enacted 

9 into law. 

10 SEC. 108. Appropriations made and funds made avail11 able by or authority granted pursuant to this Act may be 

12 used without regard to the time limitations for submission 

13 and approval of apportionments set forth in section 1513 

14 of title 31, United States Code, but nothing in this Act may 

15 be construed to waive any other provision of law governing 

16 the apportionment of funds. 

17 SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 

18 Act, except section 106, for those programs that would other19 wise have high initial rates of operation or complete dis20 tribution of appropriations at the beginning of fiscal year 

21 2018 because of distributions of funding to States, foreign 

22 countries, grantees, or others, such high initial rates of oper23 ation or complete distribution shall not be made, and no 

24 grants shall be awarded for such programs funded by this 

25 Act that would impinge on final funding prerogatives. 
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1 SEC. 110. This Act shall be implemented so that only 

2 the most limited funding action of that permitted in the 

3 Act shall be taken in order to provide for continuation of 

4 projects and activities. 

5 SEC. 111. (a) For entitlements and other mandatory 

6 payments whose budget authority was provided in appro7 priations Acts for fiscal year 2017, and for activities under 

8 the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, activities shall be con9 tinued at the rate to maintain program levels under current 

10 law, under the authority and conditions provided in the 

11 applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2017, to be 

12 continued through the date specified in section 106(3). 

13 (b) Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for man14 datory payments due on or about the first day of any month 

15 that begins after October 2017 but not later than 30 days 

16 after the date specified in section 106(3) may continue to 

17 be made, and funds shall be available for such payments. 

18 SEC. 112. Amounts made available under section 101 

19 for civilian personnel compensation and benefits in each de20 partment and agency may be apportioned up to the rate 

21 for operations necessary to avoid furloughs within such de22 partment or agency, consistent with the applicable appro23 priations Act for fiscal year 2017, except that such author24 ity provided under this section shall not be used until after 

25 the department or agency has taken all necessary actions 
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1 to reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative ex2 penses. 

3 SEC. 113. Funds appropriated by this Act may be obli4 gated and expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public 

5 Law 91–672 (22 U.S.C. 2412), section 15 of the State De6 partment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2680), 

7 section 313 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fis8 cal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 6212), and section 

9 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 

10 3094(a)(1)). 

11 SEC. 114. (a) Each amount incorporated by reference 

12 in this Act that was previously designated by the Congress 

13 for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter14 rorism or as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

15 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def16 icit Control Act of 1985 or as being for disaster relief pursu17 ant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act is designated by the 

18 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 

19 on Terrorism or as an emergency requirement pursuant to 

20 section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act or as being for disaster re21 lief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act, respec22 tively. 

23 (b) The reduction in section 101(b) of this Act shall 

24 not apply to— 
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1 (1) amounts designated under subsection (a) of 

2 this section; 

3 (2) amounts made available by section 101(a) by 

4 reference to the second paragraph under the heading 

5 ‘‘Social Security Administration—Limitation on Ad6 ministrative Expenses’’ in division H of Public Law 

7 115–31; or 

8 (3) amounts made available by section 101(a) by 

9 reference to the paragraph under the heading ‘‘Centers 

10 for Medicare and Medicaid Services—Health Care 

11 Fraud and Abuse Control Account’’ in division H of 

12 Public Law 115–31. 

13 (c) Section 6 of Public Law 115–31 shall apply to 

14 amounts designated in subsection (a) for Overseas Contin15 gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism or as an emer16 gency requirement. 

17 SEC. 115. During the period covered by this Act, dis18 cretionary amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2018 that 

19 were provided in advance by appropriations Acts shall be 

20 available in the amounts provided in such Acts, reduced 

21 by the percentage in section 101(b). 

22 SEC. 116. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 

23 provided for ‘‘Department of Agriculture—Domestic Food 

24 Programs—Food and Nutrition Service—Commodity As25 sistance Program’’ at a rate for operations of $317,139,000, 
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1 of which $238,120,000 shall be for the Commodity Supple2 mental Food Program. 

3 SEC. 117. The final proviso in section 715 of division 

4 A of Public Law 115–31 shall be applied during the period 

5 covered by this Act by adding ‘‘from amounts first made 

6 available for fiscal year 2018’’ after ‘‘unobligated balances’’ 

7 and as if the following were struck from such proviso: ‘‘the 

8 carryover amounts authorized in the first proviso of this 

9 section for section 32 and’’. 

10 SEC. 118. Amounts made available by section 101 for 

11 ‘‘Department of Commerce—Bureau of the Census—Peri12 odic Censuses and Programs’’ may be apportioned up to 

13 the rate for operations necessary to maintain the schedule 

14 and deliver the required data according to statutory dead15 lines in the 2020 Decennial Census Program. 

16 SEC. 119. Section 1215(f)(1) of the National Defense 

17 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112– 

18 81; 10 U.S.C. 113 note), as most recently amended by sec19 tion 1223 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fis20 cal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328), shall be applied by 

21 substituting ‘‘2018’’ for ‘‘2017’’ through the earlier of the 

22 date specified in section 106(3) of this Act or the date of 

23 the enactment of an Act authorizing appropriations for fis24 cal year 2018 for military activities of the Department of 

25 Defense. 
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1 SEC. 120. (a) Funds made available by section 101 

2 for ‘‘Department of Energy—Energy Programs—Uranium 

3 Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning 

4 Fund’’ may be apportioned up to the rate for operations 

5 necessary to avoid disruption of continuing projects or ac6 tivities funded in this appropriation. 

7 (b) The Secretary of Energy shall notify the Commit8 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 

9 the Senate not later than 3 days after each use of the au10 thority provided in subsection (a). 

11 SEC. 121. Section 104(c) of the Reclamation States 

12 Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 (43 U.S.C. 2214(c)) 

13 shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 

14 106(3) for ‘‘September 30, 2017’’. 

15 SEC. 122. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, the third 

16 proviso under the heading ‘‘Power Marketing Administra17 tions—Operation and Maintenance, Southeastern Power 

18 Administration’’ in division D of Public Law 115–31 shall 

19 be applied by substituting ‘‘$51,000,000’’ for 

20 ‘‘$60,760,000’’. 

21 (b) Notwithstanding section 101, the third proviso 

22 under the heading ‘‘Power Marketing Administrations— 

23 Operation and Maintenance, Southwestern Power Adminis24 tration’’ in division D of Public Law 115–31 shall be ap25 plied by substituting ‘‘$10,000,000’’ for ‘‘$73,000,000’’. 
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1 (c) Notwithstanding section 101, the third proviso 

2 under the heading ‘‘Power Marketing Administrations— 

3 Construction, Rehabilitation, Operation and Maintenance, 

4 Western Area Power Administration’’ in division D of Pub5 lic Law 115–31 shall be applied by substituting 

6 ‘‘$179,000,000’’ for ‘‘$367,009,000’’. 

7 SEC. 123. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 

8 Act, except section 106, the District of Columbia may ex9 pend local funds under the heading ‘‘District of Columbia 

10 Funds’’ for such programs and activities under the District 

11 of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2017 (title IV of division 

12 E of Public Law 115–31) at the rate set forth under ‘‘Part 

13 A—Summary of Expenses’’ as included in the Fiscal Year 

14 2018 Local Budget Act of 2017 (D.C. Act 22–99), as modi15 fied as of the date of the enactment of this Act. 

16 SEC. 124. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 

17 are provided for ‘‘General Services Administration—Allow18 ances and Office Staff for Former Presidents’’ to carry out 

19 the provisions of the Act of August 25, 1958 (3 U.S.C. 102 

20 note), at a rate for operations of $4,754,000. 

21 (b) Notwithstanding section 101, no funds are pro22 vided by this Act for ‘‘General Services Administration— 

23 Expenses, Presidential Transition’’ and ‘‘Executive Office 

24 of the President and Funds Appropriated to the Presi25 dent—Presidential Transition Administrative Support’’. 
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1 (c) Notwithstanding section 101, the matter preceding 

2 the first proviso under the heading ‘‘District of Columbia— 

3 Federal Payment for Emergency Planning and Security 

4 Costs in the District of Columbia’’ in division E of Public 

5 Law 115–31 shall be applied by substituting ‘‘$14,900,000’’ 

6 for ‘‘$34,895,000’’ and the first proviso under that heading 

7 shall not apply during the period covered by this Act. 

8 (d) Notwithstanding section 101, the matter preceding 

9 the first proviso under the heading ‘‘National Archives and 

10 Records Administration—Operating Expenses’’ in division 

11 E of Public Law 115–31 shall be applied by substituting 

12 ‘‘$375,784,000’’ for ‘‘$380,634,000’’. 

13 (e) Notwithstanding section 101, the matter preceding 

14 the first proviso under the heading ‘‘Department of the Inte15 rior—National Park Service—Operation of the National 

16 Park System’’ in division G of Public Law 115–31 shall 

17 be applied by substituting ‘‘$2,420,818,000’’ for 

18 ‘‘$2,425,018,000’’. 

19 SEC. 125. Amounts made available by section 101 for 

20 ‘‘Department of Homeland Security—Office of the Sec21 retary and Executive Management—Operations and Sup22 port’’, ‘‘Department of Homeland Security—Management 

23 Directorate—Operations and Support’’, and ‘‘Department 

24 of Homeland Security—Intelligence, Analysis, and Oper25 ations Coordination—Operations and Support’’ may be 
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1 apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to carry 

2 out activities previously funded under ‘‘Department of 

3 Homeland Security—Working Capital Fund’’, consistent 

4 with the fiscal year 2018 President’s Budget. 

5 SEC. 126. Amounts made available by section 101 for 

6 ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Operations and 

7 Support’’, ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement— 

8 Operations and Support’’, ‘‘Transportation Security Ad9 ministration—Operations and Support’’, and ‘‘United 

10 States Secret Service—Operations and Support’’ accounts 

11 of the Department of Homeland Security may be appor12 tioned at a rate for operations necessary to maintain not 

13 less than the number of staff achieved on September 30, 

14 2017. 

15 SEC. 127. The authority provided by section 831 of 

16 the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 391) shall 

17 continue in effect through the date specified in section 

18 106(3) of this Act. 

19 SEC. 128. Section 404 of the Coast Guard Authoriza20 tion Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–281; 124 Stat. 2950), 

21 as amended, shall be applied in subsection (b) by sub22 stituting the date specified in section 106(3) for ‘‘September 

23 30, 2017’’. 

24 SEC. 129. Amounts made available by section 101 for 

25 ‘‘Department of Homeland Security—Federal Emergency 
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1 Management Agency—Disaster Relief Fund’’ may be ap2 portioned up to the rate for operations necessary to carry 

3 out response and recovery activities under the Robert T. 

4 Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 

5 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.). 

6 SEC. 130. Sections 1309(a) and 1319 of the National 

7 Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4016(a) and 4026) 

8 shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 

9 106(3) of this Act for ‘‘September 30, 2017’’. 

10 SEC. 131. Section 810 of the Federal Lands Recreation 

11 Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6809) is amended by striking 

12 ‘‘September 30, 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2019’’. 

13 SEC. 132. The authority provided by subsection (m)(3) 

14 of section 8162 of the Department of Defense Appropria15 tions Act, 2000 (40 U.S.C. 8903 note; Public Law 106–79) 

16 shall continue in effect through the date specified in section 

17 106(3) of this Act. 

18 SEC. 133. In addition to the amounts otherwise pro19 vided by section 101, an additional amount is provided for 

20 ‘‘Environmental Protection Agency—Water Infrastructure 

21 Finance and Innovation Program Account’’ for adminis22 trative expenses to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan 

23 programs, notwithstanding section 5033 of the Water Infra24 structure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014, at a rate 

25 for operations of $3,000,000. 
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1 SEC. 134. (a) The following sections of the Federal In2 secticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act shall continue in 

3 effect through the date specified in section 106(3) of this 

4 joint resolution— 

5 (1) subparagraphs (C) through (E) of section 

6 4(i)(1) (7 U.S.C. 136a–1(i)(1)(C)–(E)); 

7 (2) section 4(k)(3) (7 U.S.C. 136a–1(k)(3)); 

8 (3) section 4(k)(4) (7 U.S.C. 136a-1(k)(4)); and 

9 (4) section 33(c)(3)(B) (7 U.S.C. 136w– 

10 8(c)(3)(B)). 

11 (b)(1) Section 4(i)(1)(I) of the Federal Insecticide, 

12 Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136a–1(i)(1)(I)) 

13 shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 

14 106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘September 30, 2017’’. 

15 (2) Notwithstanding section 33(m)(2) of the Federal 

16 Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 

17 136w–8(m)(2)), section 33(m)(1) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 

18 136w–8(m)(1)) shall be applied by substituting the date 

19 specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘Sep20 tember 30, 2017’’. 

21 (c) Section 408(m)(3) of the Federal Food, Drug, and 

22 Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 346a(m)(3)) shall be applied by 

23 substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint 

24 resolution for ‘‘September 30, 2017’’. 
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1 SEC. 135. Section 114(f) of the Higher Education Act 

2 of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1011c(f)) shall be applied by sub3 stituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for 

4 ‘‘September 30, 2017’’. 

5 SEC. 136. The second proviso under the heading ‘‘De6 partment of Health and Human Services—Administration 

7 for Children and Families—Children and Families Serv8 ices Programs’’ in title II of division H of Public Law 115– 

9 31 shall be applied during the period covered by this Act 

10 as if the following were struck from such proviso: ‘‘, of which 

11 $80,000,000 shall be available for a cost of living adjust12 ment notwithstanding section 640(a)(3)(A) of such Act’’. 

13 SEC. 137. The proviso at the end of paragraph (1) 

14 under the heading ‘‘Department of Labor—Employment 

15 and Training Administration—State Unemployment In16 surance and Employment Service Operations’’ in title I of 

17 division G of Public Law 113–235 shall be applied through 

18 the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act by sub19 stituting ‘‘seven’’ for ‘‘six’’. 

20 SEC. 138. In making Federal financial assistance, the 

21 National Institutes of Health shall continue through the 

22 date specified in section 106(3) of this Act to apply the pro23 visions relating to indirect costs in part 75 of title 45, Code 

24 of Federal Regulations, including with respect to the ap25 proval of deviations from negotiated rates, to the same ex-
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1 tent and in the same manner as the National Institutes of 

2 Health applied such provisions in the third quarter of fiscal 

3 year 2017. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may 

4 be used to develop or implement a modified approach to 

5 such provisions, or to intentionally or substantially expand 

6 the fiscal effect of the approval of such deviations from nego7 tiated rates beyond the proportional effect of such approvals 

8 in such quarter. 

9 SEC. 139. (a) Section 529 of division H of Public Law 

10 115–31 shall be applied by substituting ‘‘prior to the begin11 ning of fiscal year 2018 under section 2104(n)(2)’’ for 

12 ‘‘from the appropriation to the Fund for the first semi13 annual allotment period for fiscal year 2017 under section 

14 2104(n)(2)(A)(ii)’’; and 

15 (b) section 532 of division H of Public Law 115–31 

16 shall be applied by substituting ‘‘2,652,000,000’’ for 

17 ‘‘1,132,000,000’’. 

18 SEC. 140. Notwithstanding 2 U.S.C. 4577, amounts 

19 made available by section 101 for ‘‘Legislative Branch— 

20 Senate—Salaries, Officers and Employees—Office of the 

21 Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper’’ may be apportioned up 

22 to the rate for operations necessary to maintain current 

23 Senate cybersecurity capabilities. 

24 SEC. 141. (a) The remaining unobligated balances of 

25 funds made available under the heading ‘‘Department of 
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1 Veterans Affairs—Departmental Administration—Con2 struction, Major Projects’’ in division A of the Disaster Re3 lief Appropriations Act of 2013 and Sandy Recovery Im4 provement Act of 2013 (Public Law 113–2) are hereby re5 scinded: Provided, That the amounts rescinded pursuant to 

6 this section that were previously designated by the Congress 

7 as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

8 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

9 Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated by the Congress 

10 as an emergency requirement pursuant to that section of 

11 that Act. 

12 (b) In addition to the amount otherwise provided by 

13 section 101 for ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs—Depart14 mental Administration—Construction, Major Projects’’, 

15 there is appropriated for an additional amount for fiscal 

16 year 2017, to remain available until September 30, 2022, 

17 an amount equal to the unobligated balances rescinded pur18 suant to subsection (a), for renovations and repairs as a 

19 consequence of damage caused by Hurricane Sandy: Pro20 vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

21 such funds may be obligated and expended to carry out 

22 planning and design and major medical facility construc23 tion not otherwise authorized by law: Provided further, 

24 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 

25 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
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1 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

2 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

3 (c) Each amount designated in this section by the Con4 gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

5 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

6 Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available (or rescinded, 

7 if applicable) only if the President subsequently so des8 ignates all such amounts and transmits such designations 

9 to the Congress. 

10 (d) This section shall become effective immediately 

11 upon enactment of this Act. 

12 SEC. 142. Sections 579(a)(1) and (b) of the Multi13 family Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 

14 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) shall be applied by substituting 

15 the date specified in section 106(3) for ‘‘October 1, 2017’’. 

16 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Continuing Appro17 priations Act, 2018’’. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 
115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H.R. 601 

HOUSE AMENDMENT TO 

SENATE AMENDMENT TO 

SENATE AMENDMENT